Saratoga Springs

Views of Saratoga

Saratoga Springs is an incredible place to spend four years.

A ten-minute walk from Skidmore puts you in the heart of a downtown brimming with
galleries, clubs, shops (funky and major retail), coffeehouses, and great restaurants.
Legendary folk club Caffè Lena, where Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, and Ani DiFranco per-
formed, is a local favorite. So is Esperanto, co-founded by a Skidmore professor.

Location? Boston, New York City, and Montreal are approximately a three- hour car
ride from campus. And the nearby Adirondacks, Berkshires, and Green Mountains provide
amazing recreational opportunities.

There’s history too: famed mineral waters, a Revolutionary War battle- field, and
the nation’s oldest and most beautiful thoroughbred racetrack. Culture? The Saratoga
Performing Arts Center is summer home to the New York City Ballet, Philadelphia Orchestra,
and a performing venue for top musicians such as Willie Nelson, Yo-Yo Ma, and Dave
Matthews.